The Straits Times, 9 March 1939

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    43 1 FiyAl FUTII nnilL. KM* Wi The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CIIT«H THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL! Wmm>PA PER 4N MALAYA.' >i PA(iES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 28 PA(iES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 PRICK 5 CENTS
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      426 1 si.'jgapohe: 140. Cecil st (PHONE 6471). Ses MIEN CHONG SMART TAILORING Ol Coleman St. Singapore. I'm. ia- 4816 E^ f TYPE 40 TWO-STAGE .iJj^ AIR-COOLED COMPRESSORS .>S3*5 are Popular Machines .^bbblbbß^^^^^^^bbbß^bb^^b^bK^bw '^f_ B No water br water piping ~Jmi 9 Minimum attendance r- 1 bß^^bbSl _m? jpr m Easy to
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      231 1 25. JAVA ST. KUALA UlMPii r PHONE 3683*. ryeaiuu bu 0 0 0 Ai 1 FOR THOSE WHOSK SKIN M Lji <j^^ m <)K WH0 ARK MVin LN the ,r .^B v "-:\j$\ i j-'i' V when your skin is exposed to wind, sun or f~<^-'taJ I nTM^^TS^-^S^W**! ■"/<■< jlr
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      20 1 Madame Page. DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER railormadet Gowns for All Occasions ii Stock $S $30 13, Battory Road., Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      35 2 Messrs. Osborne Chapel gratefully acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy received by them on the occasion of the death of their partner, Mr. C. L. Green, which are too numerous to reply to Individually.
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      365 2 At the General Hospital, Singapore on the 8th instant, Edna Paulusc, wife of H. Paulusz gave birth to a daughter. HUSBAND.— At Johore Bahru on Thursday March 9, to Olivia, wife of Geoffrey, \V. Husband Rengam Estate, Johore, a son. WILLIAMS.— At the Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on March 7
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      801 2 LOST LOST. Diamond brooch, one inch long, half Inch wide, with three diamond barn across centre. Lost either at Airport buildings or Raffles Hotel. Finder return to Imperial Airways. Substantial reward offered. PROFESSIONAL IF TOUR BUSINESS is not sufficiently large to employ a full time Accountant, have your accounts written
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      841 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of well-made modern Euror=an polished Teak Household Furniture, one latest model Master-Dc-Luxe 16-tube H. M. V. Radiogram in beautifully Europe-made nak cabinet. Jono treadle sewing machine, one "Hamaya" organ 3>i octaves. 11 stops with stool, crockery, glass and brasswares, one "Renault" 4 cylinder U H.P. saloon
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      620 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. GRAND OPENING SAIE Commencing on March 7th. Hugs stocks of leather trunks. GENUINE BARGAIN OFFER Heavy reduction on prices. Come early and select your latest requirements. HONDA tic CO., 126, Middle Road. Telephone No. 25G5. just opposite Echigoya. Former Establishment, Hinomaru Co. Illsh Street. INSTITUVT SOEKABOEMI Europcesche
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      305 2 BARGAINS 2206 1955 AUSTIN 1« 4 FIXED HEAD SALOON. New Black duco with Brown upholstery. In exceptionally good mechanical condition, having been recently rebored. Excellent value at $850. 2497 VAUXHALL DELUXE MLOOH MM MODEL. Newly ducoed dark blue, with blue upholstery and fitted with ni-ur tyres. This car has just
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      621 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD itvOM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. SOVMJ 6I 00 Mar 10 SoRFU 15.000 Mar. 10 CHITRAL 15.000 MM. 24 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 1 BANGALORE 6,000 Apr.
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      509 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (nroraonteo is tamnt GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA HONCKONC AND SHANGHAI. Si. StTWA MARO Mar. 30 tmi. TERUKUNI MARTJ Mar. 31 S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 16 SJ. HARDNA MARU Apr. 30 SJ. KATORI MARU May 15 itonnd trip ticket* for
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      607 3 BANGKOK LDIt CHTNA/JAPAIf LINC Luxurious One Class Motorshlpa. Host Big Oargc vessels wIU? limited but cowCabins Have Adjoining Private Bath. fnrtable P««<-neeT Arrownindatlor To- MARSEILLES LONDON, ROTTER' To: PORT SAID. PALESTINE, ROTDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. TERDAM. HAMBURG A COPENHAGEN Ma C^ P «/'i alr W m* INDIA from Smgapor. Apr.
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      118 3 Incorporated 1 V \u o*rmany 1 The undfTmenuonra an tne coopWl J>tended dxturei: OUTWARD FOS MANILA, BONO KONG. SHANGHAI NORTH CHINA AND lAPAN. Due Spore POTSDAM omits Manila. N. China Sc Yokohama Mar. 18 5 FRANKEN omits Manila Mar. 26 S REGENSBURG Mar. 30 HOMEWARD FOB HOLLAND. HAMBURG »Nl> BREMEN
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      740 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Qnaj Singapore Tel SISL. Chartered Bank Building Penang Tel I3M. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILIES. LONDON N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjuration iritb the Glen Use) Doc Salh GLENEARN Mars, L'don. Dunkirk. Adam. H'burg. Ant, Mldd. In port Mar. 10 PATROCLUS Mars. L'don.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      MAN HAS AUTOMATIC MEMORY
      157 4 Knows Numbers And Owners Of 4,000 Cars MR. CHARLES COUSSENS is a man with an automatic memory. Dates, phrases, car numbers—especially car numbers—are recorded in his mind as If by a machine. A man rushed Into Hastings motor- licensing office recently and asked for the registration
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      37 4 Mails from Japan expected tomorrow, Mar. 10, by Himalaya Mam. Malls from China and Japan expected on Mar. 11, by Hawaii Maru. Mails from China and Japan expected on Mar. 11, by Santos Maru.
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      SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS
      50 4 Paris. Feb. 22. SUEZ CANAL receipts for the period Feb. 11 to Feb. 20, were £244.100, compared with £274.400 for the like period of 1938. Total receipts from the beginning of the year to Feb. 20, amounted to £1,241.000, against c.1.404,100 for the samc period of 1938.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      282 4 _NM_~ Wearacai F— «n Penan*, ipoh. and Km— Uimpor ftrrtvei eterv evening. K.L.BL: From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon Imperial: From Europe: Expected tomorrow morning. K.N.1.1.M.: From Netherlands indkes: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      293 4 ToOay Ceylon (Letter Mail) (Pres. Doumer) 3 pjn. fj'-oi)" Great Bn'alD iK L M.» 3 o m Indo-China (Cap St. Jacques) 2 pjn. lian iK L M > I pm Medan «X L U i o m S-am (Parcels only) (Kamuning) 2.30 pm. Burma (Karagola) 3 p.m.
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      FROM MALACCA
      144 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed •By K.LM." Mails will clcsj fro.-n Malacca as follows: Today. Australia, New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly by air (Qantas) p tn. Slam, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egyp* Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain, Irrlanu, N.
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      EASTERN BANK BOARD
      50 4 SIR John Caulcutt was elected a director ot the Eastern Bank: at a Board meeting on Feb. 23. He Is chairman of the Board and of the London Committee of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), and a director of Barclays Bank and the Phoenix Assurance Company.
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    SELAYANG TIN'S NEW AREA
    138 4 MUCH LONGER LIFE FOR COMPANY (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 23. THE acquisition of an Important new area was reported by Mr. Charles Jackson, the chairman, at yesterday's annual meeting of Selayang Tin Dredging. Ltd Mr Jackson stated that although the area had cost double
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    TANKER POOL RATES UNCHANGED
    183 4 More Vessels Laid Up THE Council of the International Tanker Owners' Association has decided to leave unaltered the present rates of contribution which were fixed last October at 12'. 2 per cent, for voyage and 15 per cent, for time charters. A member of the association
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    INDIA BUYS JAVA SUGAR
    74 4 "Nivas" Price Raised Amsterdam. Feb. 26. OWING to increased demands from Eastern markets. Java has practically no sugar available for European countries, according to a statement dv the president ol "Nivas" (the Java! selling agency). India has already bought large quantities of Java sugar and shipments
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    SHIPS WRECKED AND BROKEN UP
    91 4 212,184 Tons In Third Quarter Of Last Year "THE gross tonnage of ships totally lost, condemned, _c, as the result of casualties, during the quarter to Sept. 30 last, was 61.595. end the tonnage broken up 150,589. according to Lloyd's Register Wreck Returns Just issued.
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    RISING LIVING COSTS IN ITALY
    67 4 Rome, Mar. 8. ALL salaries in Italy will be raised' from five to ten per cent, as from Mar. 1 to meet rises in the cost of living In the past decade. This announcement follows Signor Mussolini's order to the Ministry of Corporations to consider
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    ANTI-GUERILLA DRIVE IN NORTH KIANGSU
    42 4 Shanghai, Mar. 8. IN a note to the Consular Body, the Japanese Army and Navy authorities urge the evacuation of foreign nationals from northern Kianssu Province, where the anti-guerilla campaign is now in full swing.— Eastern News
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    JAPAN'S HUGE BUDGET
    26 4 Tokio, Mar. 8. I*HE 3,694,000,000 yen Budget bill for the next fiscal year was unanimously approved by the House of Peers yesterday.—Eastern News.
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    27 4 Maltese soldiers are to serve abroad j for the first time when a small con- j tingent of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps leaves shortly for Egypt.
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    CRITICS OF N. Z. FINANCE
    449 4 MR. JORDAN REPLIES /CONCERN at the financial policy of the New Zealand Government expressed by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, chairman of the Naltonal Bank of New Zealand, was answered by Mr. W. J. Jordan. High Commissioner for New Zealand, at a meeting of the New
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      670 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433. Passage 5431. Wr ___H^9___l *k -"^^_i %&nfl EMPRESS pi c f^|l__vMr cections at Vancouver I This time go via Canada. .t>ook if _sV^> Tour oassage on Canadian Pacific's [A 11 ~i« '"■eat. white Empress of jRDan Tfi^ ___w la r eest
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      395 4 PUBLIC NOTICES RIVERVIEW RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. i Incorporated In the F.M.S.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Third Interim Dividend of l'i% in respect of tha Profits for the year ending 31st March. 1939, has been declared payable on the 17th March, 1939, to Shareholders on the Register on U»8
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      452 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Station* Yesterday Last algxJ max. rain- bright mii temp fall s'shlne tetnt •r Inches art *F West Coast. Alar Star 96 Nil 10.7 69 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 91 Nil 10.1 73 Sitlawan 90 Nil 9.1 74 Bukit Jeram 93 Nil 6.5 72 Malacca 92
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    A MUSLIM LEADER'S PEACE BROADCAST
    121 5 Widespread Interest Aroused IN a broadcast speech on King Farouk's 19th birthday. Sheig Maraghi, Rector of Azhar University, the oldest seat of religious learning in the world, urged the clergy of all religions to preach on behalf of peace, says a Cairo report. "Certain elements,
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    RECORD INCOME FOR B.B.C. LAST YEAR
    399 5 But About Fifty Per Cent. Spent On Programmes THE 8.8.C.'s income in 1938 reached the record figure of £3,800,.051, an increase on the previous year of £444,000. The bulk of this income, £3,431,104 came from licence fees, while the net revenue from publications, £365,567,
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      187 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube.— Obtainable at Chemists, Stores, 'Iroccrs. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES., LTO. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Flush Kidneys of Acid and Poisons Regain Health and Vigor and Stop Getting Up Nights When kidneys are clogged they
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      87 5 ARRIVED 1939 STEWART -WARMER RADIOS WORLD WIDE RADIO CO. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore. These complaints are caused by the weakness oi your nerves. Take Sanatogen and you will put new strength into your nerves. Buy package to-day. SANATOGEN CHEST COLDS Rub this powerful ointment on throat, chest and back. Works
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      238 5 BRITISH CEMENTS "RED HAND" PORTLAND "FERROCRETE" "SNOWCRETE" "COLORCRETE" Stocked by QrrnraHgb (Incorporated In S.SJ BEER AT ITS BEST DR. G. F. HENNING'S EKZEMYL Excellent for the treatment of Eczema (Dry or Weeping) Psoriasis, Dhobis itch, acne, pimples, bolls, abscesses, prickly heat, Singapore foot and all other akin diseases. Antiseptic, allays
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      286 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. ZHP J996 metre* p.m. 5.00 Cantonese drama. t 5.40 Cantonese historical sketches. t 6.10 Cantonese orchestral lnterlude.t 6.15 Mandarin children's programme. 6.30 "Popular Singer* 6." (Mandarin). t 7.00 The London String Orchestra. t 7.15 "Behold Canada— 2— The Seasons." A talk by B. C.
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      659 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3, GSH 2147 OM/1 (11.11 OL>» GSO ITT m«'i (16.M a.); OSF 15.14 rac/s UMt m.) OSJ 11.83 mc/i (1J.9I m GSD 11.76 ma'' i»* ni-l p.m. 6. OS Big Ben. Recital of folk-son*;. 6.35 B, B.C. Theatre orchestra.* 7.38 "The Comet Covers i.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      498 6 BROADENING INTEREST IN TIN SHARES RUBBER QUIET AND UNCHANGED By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 9. •yHE recent advance in rubber ap- pears to have met a slight check this morning as London lost onesixteenth of a penny yesterday at 8 5/16d and the local market opens
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      95 6 London, Mar. 8. The following were today b eluding mean rates Park 176 57 64 Adieus 547% New York 149 Kio 3 1/16 Montreal 4.70-\ btllers oSicial Brussels 27.MV6 Belgrade 209 Oineva 20.61 >i Oucharett 460 Amsterdam 8.82 1 Buenos Aires 20 29' i Milan 89 316
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      21 6 The Ansaldo Shipbuilding Company ot Italy is to Ouild a ship to carry molasses for United Molasses Company, a British firm
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      MINING
      561 6 issue VaL Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat TJn 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/- 4/8 5/2 El Austral Maiay 39/- 44/- 40/- 50/6/- Ayer Biiam 21/- 22/- 21/6 22/6 1 Ayei Wcr.g 0.63 0.68xd 0.65 0.70xd £1 Bangrln Tin 19/- 19/9 20/-
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      GENERAL
      416 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32'/ 2 1.40 2 2 do "V 2 r Prefs. 2.20 2.30 2 22'/i 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 S.25 5.00 5.50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 875 7.50 6 75
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      263 6 ft Maynara s uo lw. vju.uuu Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL, l'JOi red. 1940 $400,000 lot. Mar 31 Sept. 30 102ft >Vfc% 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept 30 108'/, •Vi% iyns> red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115' 2
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      RUBBER SHARES
      377 6 (Shares are Si unless otherwise stated) Frisei ft Co Lyai! Evat Allenby 125 1.30 1.25 1.35 Alor Gajah 0.90 0.97'/ 2 0.95 1.06 (Unal Malay 140 1.45 1.50 1.60 t\yer Hitam 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayei Molek 0.95 1.00 0.95 1.05 Ayci Pana* 1.30 1.35 1.30 1.35 Bassett
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    89 6 Thursday, Mar. 9, noon. No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) 39 !9>* No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In cases March 29> 4 29» /8 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. lob. In bales March 28 7H7 H 29 VA.il R.S.S. fob. in bales March 28 7 16 28 9/16 I I
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    EXCHANGES
    186 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T. 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 237% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Vt Montreal demand 54 5/16
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    London Stock Exchange
    413 6 Good Undertone But Small Turnover London, Mar. 8. ON the Stock Exchange today, the undertone continued good though the general volume of trading was smaller. Textiles were an exception and encountered good demand. Among foreign Issues Chinese Bonds strengthened in the late afternoon after ibe announcement of
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    152 6 335 Tons Sold Yesterday T*HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.424 th auction yesterday, when there were catalogued 1,177,417 lb.— tons 525,63; offered 916,629 lb.— tons 409,21; sold 759,317 lb.— tons 334.52. London-Spot 3 3 gd. New York-Spot 16% cents. PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked
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    KING OF IRAQ WARNS HIS ARMY
    70 6 Baghdad, Mar. 7. •T*HE King has issued a manifesto to the army declaring that he will not tolerate the army mixing in politics and warning the people against intrigues. This follows the proclamation of martial law yesterday by army headquarters at Rashid, six miles
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    Wall Street Quotations
    203 6 New York, Mar. S. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stocic Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Changes. 30 Industrials 149.37 151 42 up 2.05 20 Rails 32.80 33.66 up .88 15 Utilities 25.97 26.24 Up .27 40 Bonds 9152 92 00
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    RUBBER EXPORT CREDITS
    450 6 DIBBER export credits for the second quarter will be issued to all producers in Malaya at the rate of 472 per cent, of onequarter of the standard production, states the Controller of Rubber. This is the same rate as rights were issued for the current quarter. The
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    SUN LIFE NEW BUSINESS LAST YEAR
    36 6 IUEARLY $200,000,000 new life insur- ance was placed on the book.; of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada in 1938, not $2,000,000 as stated In the Straits Times yesterdry.
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    "RUBBER POSITION RIGHT LINES"
    743 7 London Views Outlook With Mild Optimism PRODUCERS HOLDING FOR HIGHER PRICES: SPECULATORS AWAKING Stocks Likely To Be "Normal" By Mid-193S From Our Own Correspondent London, Mar. 1. DUBBER producers are once more set firmly on the road to prosperity, most estates are already working on a
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    DEVELOPING ON THE
    1161 7 for the current month (February) and i four following months cannot, average more than 70,000 tons per month. Taking a release of 50 per cent, and making ample allowance for the countries not in the regulation scheme, one arrives at a figure of about 72,000 tons per
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    191 7 Singapore, Mar. 8, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $13.75 White $1325 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.75 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.32! i Fair $2.30 Sawarak $2.30 Jelotonn Palembang $625 Banja $675 Sarawak $6.75 Tapioca
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    151 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Date PayaWe Ex. Dl». Date u. o, a ij in. Total tor flnanclal year to date Ayer Weng 5% Int. Mar. fl Katil 6d. No. 24 Mar. 10 Kramat Pulal 2% Int. less tax Mar. 1 Raub 5il final
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      50 7 10KID H-M-viJi REFRIGERATORS^^ RADIOS AND %M RECORDS B# IN Tht otCOND WEEK OF THE CAI E" THERE ARE STILL SALCr PLENTY OF BARGAINS ALL SECOND HAND REFRIGERATORS AND RADIOS ARE GUARANTEED BY US. OUR STORE REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 5.30 P.M. DURING THE SALE WHICH CLOSES ON SAT. 11th. "™^^^^"^"■""'^■"m asters'"
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      626 7 OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with tht progren of economic developments, no business concern Ml afford not to take advantage of the multifarious services offered by I reputed banking institution with years of financial experience. MASTERS. LEGAL NOTICE MALACCA BUS COMPANY NOTICE Is hereby given that
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      539 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporates in China dj Special Uharu-n. 12. Cecil Street, Singapore Telephones: Manafer'f Office 644« a Ant Manager's Office 6142 Exchange Dept Mil General Office 5188 Cable Address: "CHCNGKUO.Pald Op Capital Ch. f 40.0t0.0M M Reserve Funds In excess of Ch. I 5.200,000 0« Total Assets approximately Ch.
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      240 8 The funniest. Happiest, Tunefullcst show you have ever Seen! ALHAMBRA A 20th Century-Fox Greater Laugh-Musical presenting THE RITZ BROTHERS mmmT^*^mWK^ j "^jm tkmr:^j jmmf'^^ mWmm "KENTUCKY MOONSHINE" WITH TONY MARTIN, MARJORIE WEAVER, SLIM SUMMERVILLE and JOHN CARRADINE. ♦LIFE BEGINS IN COLLEGE' WA S A KINDERGARTEN PARTY BY COMPARISON ALSO LATEST
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      393 8 m HAPPY WORLD STADIUM }> TOMORROW NIGHT AT 9 P. M. fl PiPjß hemchit <;v:i. Wf SENSATIONAL RETURN CONTEST j j \A BOON MAH v. HEMCHIT m BOY QUEE v, L. BERNAL j¥ 10 (3) Rfi» GOTOT KOTJO GUNBOAT SMITH V| 6 (3) Rds II m DASS vs. LITTLE HERMAN
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      119 8 COMING SHORTLY! ALHAMBRA mf THIY RISK TMtIR UTO ...TO MOTKT YOUMI SHE IOVED A [RREMAK Bft FWAH MM MHW UKJ HIUVtUt nam.iDiiaia ma t, m tmm mm* KrßP«l|lmwlMih>.laawi*ll IMIIHIM<IMHUni.IMiwkaaM PAVILION 6.15-9.15 TONIGHT: M.G.MS 5 STAR TRIUMPH! THE DARINa PLAY WAB A SENSATION OF THE STAGES OP LONDON AND NEW YORK
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      194 8 You'll experience a new mu^& Thrill when you see IRENE W*?W DARE, World's Youngest fitf^^fc Skating -Champion C 3 l|^^ «v CAPITOL] 3 SHOWS DAILY I Special Morning Matinee on Saturday at 11. #i 1 Your favourite singing star of "HAWAII CALLS" in a new scng-filled comedy An RKO-Radio hit
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    BRITISH SUPPORT FOR CHINESE CURRENCY
    299 9 Credits For Chungking As Reply To Japanese Pressure London, Mar. 8. THE successful conclusion of Britain's China currency credits scheme was announced in the House of Commons tonight by Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The credits will total £10,000,000, of which British bankers
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    Peace Move In China Reported
    65 9 Chungking, Mar. 8. IT is reported that the German Ambassador in China has been instructed to go to Tokio with a view to bringing about a halt to the Sino-Japanese hostilities. Japan is understood to be willing to agree to an armistice on condition that
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    "Not Aimed At Democracies"
    186 9 Mr. Arita And Anti-Red Agreement Tokio, Mar. 8. EXPLAINING to foreign newspaper- J men today points in Japan's foreign policy, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, denied the anti-Comintern pact was directed against the democracies. "The prevailing view in Great Britain, America, and other nations ttaat
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    79 9 London. Mar. 8. When pressed at question time in the Commons regarding the prospects of resumption of railway and steamer services between Hong 'Kong and Carton, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, referred to his previous answer and added he was not in a
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    90 9 London, Mar. 8. Invited to make a statement regarding the purpose and scope of the special section of the Municipal Council in Shanghai to be established under the control of the Japanese, Mr. Butler said he had no information of the actual details of what was
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    60 9 Shanghai, Mar. 8. THE big battle east of the Han River has entered its eleventh day with the Chinese claiming to be holding their ground against repeated Japanese assaults. The Japanese, according to Chinese dispatches, are attacking in three columns, but, in spite of unremitting
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    89 9 London, Mar. 8. IN the course of their informal joint meeting last night with Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Lord Halifax, the Arab delegates to the Palestine Conference appealed to the Jewish delegates to make concessions on their immigration demands, stressing their eagerness to be
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    36 9 London, Mar. 8. Accompanied by the strongest and largest bodyguard he has had for years, Mr. de Valer?. arrived in London this morning en route to Rome, where he will attend the coronation of the Pope.—Reuter.
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    135 9 Washington. Mar. 7. UNIFICATION of all United States labour organisations in one movement was proposed by Mr. John Lewis, leader of the Committee of Industrial Organisation, at a conference between the committees of the C.1.0. and the American Federation of Labour. After the committees
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    EUROPEAN "INVASION" OF AMERICA
    39 9 Washington, Mar. 8. The United States Army and Nary announce they will conduct joint war games in the middle of April with the object of repelling a European "invasion" of the New England coast —Reuter.
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    23 9 Haifa. Mar. 8. British troops today captured 25 terrorists, one of whom was shot dead, during searches or villages south of Haifa.— Reuter.
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    Czech Gold For Germany
    107 9 Prague Bows To New Reich Demand London, M.ir. 8. |T Is unofficially reported, says The Times' Prague correspondent, that the Czech Government has had to accept a German demand for delivery to the Reichsbank of an amount of gold from the Czech National Bank proportionate to
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    EUROPE TENSION EASING?
    119 9 Canadian Premier's Statement Ottawa, Mar. 8. IN a speech in Parliament tonight, the Premier, Mr. W. L. MacKenzie King, revealed that six weeks ago he received from Europe news so serious that he called in the Conservative laader, Dr. Manion, to acquaint him with matters that he
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    SUCCESSOR TO HERR HITLER CHOSEN
    65 9 Fuehrer Feels Life Being Shortened San Francisco. Mar. 8. IJEHR HITLER'S succ?ssor as Fuehrer already has been chosen, stated Capt. Wiedemann, the new German Consul-General at a press conference. He said: "The succession is fully arranged. Naturally, you cannot have the names." The Consul-General added
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    BANKERS' PARLEY AT CHUNGKING
    105 9 Chungking, Mat. 7. C"ORTY bank managers coming from r 14 provinces are attending n conference hsld here under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance to discuss future local financial, economic, and currency policies, and also countermeasures against Japanese moves to undermine Chinese currency in the
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    JAPANESE AIR RAIDS IN NORTH-WEST
    74 9 Hankcw, Mar. 8. •"THIRTY-FOUR Japanese planes heavily bombed the barracks of Fourth Route Army (Communist) troops and the building of the military academy at Yenan. north Shcnsl, on Monday Another 24 planes raided Ninghsia, capital of Ninghsia, and inflicted heavy damages upon military establishments of
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    66 9 London, Mar. 8. MR R. S. Hudson, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, has arranged to go to America after his tour to Moscow and the northern European capitals. He will be present at the opening of the World's Fair at New York on Apr. 30, and probably will
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    GANDHI PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICEROY
    107 9 Rajkot, Mar. 8. IT was the Viceroy who was res ponsible for the settlement of the Rajkot dispute, says Mr. Gandhi in a statement. He thinks such a "good ending" to the dispute should clear the atmosphere and help toward a general solution of
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    224 9 He Was Afraid To Eat. What a worry he must have been to his wife! No food agreed with him. Acid indigestion made him positively wretched. In this letter, his wife telli how she found a way to end ols trouble:— "My husband developed a wretched
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    1040 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAR. 9, 1939. Indo-Malayans The future of the Indian middle class in Malaya has been a subject of discussion inside and outside that community lately. Thoughtful people of all communities have feltdoubts arising in their minds as (hey noled the telegram sent to New Delhi
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    105 10 Mr. Chandra Hose In Bad State Of Health Tripuri, Mar. 8. Mr. Subhas Bose, president of the Congress, may be carried on a stretcher to meetings of the Congress Party's annual sessions which open here on Friday. Mr. Bosp now U travelling from Calcutta, where he has been
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    384 10 Can The River Fish Be Saved? ILLICIT GOLD MINING To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,- When discussing with an' official, not so very long ago. the deplorable shortage of river fish in Ulu Pahang, due to illicit mining, dynamite and other preventable causes,
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    MUNICIPAL BALLOT OF S. C. B. A.
    326 10 Strength Of Volunteers In Association To the Editor of the Straits 'limes i Sir, I feel it my duty as a member 'of the Straits Chinese British Association to bring to the notice of the com- munity one of the rules of the
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    WHEN GANDHI FASTS
    879 10  -  K. P. Kashava Menon By A Spiritual Force In Politics IMAHATMA GANDHI'S method of protest is different from conventional methods. To him mind, body and speech must be in perfect accord. He means what he says. He does not indulge in blurts. He has a will of
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    730 10 NOTES Of The DA Y The Brothers I IKE moot non-Catholics In t')!j country. I have often wondeivd who the Christian Brothers were, after reading references to their numerous and highly efficient schools, but I have never bothered to find out. At last, however, I have overcome my laziness, the
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    STRIKING INCREASE IN MILITARY STRENGTH
    1394 11 Hore-Belisha On British Plans FIELD FORCE FOR WAR ON CONTINENT Malays And Indians For Singapore VIR. LESLIE HORE-BELISHA, the War Minister, in a speech in the House of Commons last night explaining the War Estimates, made important statements about British military strength and the plans
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    FRANCE WELCOMES SPEECH
    76 11 I'aris, Mar. 9. CHANCE warmly welcomes Mr. Hore-Belisha's statement envisaging the dispatch of an expeditionary force in the event of a European war. This has greatly relieved the feur that Prance would have to bear the man brunt of any attack for several months, whi'e Britain was
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    91 11 30,000 More Troops For Garrison London, Mar. 8. INFORMATION in the possession of 1 Lord Halifax the Foreign Secretary, Indicates that the Kalian Government Is carrying out its decision to increase the forces in Libya by 30,000 men, said Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secret ary for Foreign
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    DR. SCHACHT COMING TO FAR EAST?
    60 11 Berlin, Mar. 9. •yHERE 1j incrcr.sing talk, though no confirmation is available, that India and the Far East will b 2 the destination of a leng sea voyage which, it is understood. Dr. H. Schacht, lormer president of the ReichsbanK, will take shortly. Herr
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    ROME EXPERTS "NOT IMPRESSED "
    122 11 ROME EXPERTS "NOT IMPRESSED The Axis Powers' 200 Divisions Rome, Mar. 8. A MILITARY expert, interviewed on Mr. Hore-Belisha's statement in the House of Commons, professed to be not particularly Impressed by Britain's war plans, although he confessed the subject was "unprofitable" to discuss. He declared the Rome-Berlin Axis could
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    BERLIN COMMENT ON MINISTER'S SPEECH
    100 11 Berlin, Mar. 0. GREAT Interest Is shown In Berlin In Mr. Hore-Bellsha's figures of Britain's military strength. "But It is not so much the figures which Interest Germany as the question when, where and under what circumstances, these forces will be set in motion," a
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    'Community Of British & Chinese Interests To Be Protected'
    153 11 'Community Of British Chinese Interests To Be Protected' London, Mar. 8. J^R. Quo Tai-chi, Chinese Ambassador in London, commenting on the announcement of British support for China's currency, said, "The British Government's announcement of a joint exchange stabilisation fund for China doubly reflects China's solvency alike in her iirance and
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    SPAIN PEACE IMMINENT?
    383 11 Madrid Junta's Appeal Lisbon, Mar. 9. CINCE yesterday the Madrid radio station has been repeatedly announcing "Arriba Rspana'' and "Live independent Spain," without mentioning the Republic. Well-informed observers here believe that peace news is imminent. Madrid is still in a state of confusion, according to dispatches reaching
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    MEXICO OIL TALKS COMMENCED
    67 11 Mexico City, Mar. 8. THE first conversations between Pre- sldent Cardenas and Mr. Donald Richberg, representing the Standard Oil Company, with a view to settling the crisis resulting from the expropriation, took place at the National Palace at noon today. A statement issued after the conversations
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    32 11 Rome, Mar. 9. IT Is reported that Gen. Gambara, Commander-ln-Chlef of the Italian legionaries In Spain, had an interview with Field-Marshal Goerlng at San Remo last evening. The meeting lasted 90 minutes.
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    FINAL BRITISH PROPOSALS?
    188 11 Palestine Conference London, Mar. 8. IT is authoritatively announced 1 that the British Government is considering definite proposals about the Palestine question, which will be submitted to the Arab and Jewish delegations early next week. In this connection, it is understood the British Government put forward certain
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    DEFENCE IN PACIFIC
    109 11 Imperial Parley In Australia London, Mar. f. v IT Is beUeved that preparation! for an Imperial Pacific confer* enee have been in progress fo« some time, according to Reuter'4 parliamentary correspondent. The. preparations are now practically, complete, and an announcement will not be long delayed. The United
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    300 DEAD IN RAID ON NINGHSIA
    76 11 Shanghai, Mar. 9. IT is learned from a reliable source that lehang, Yangtse River port above Hankow, was heavily bombed by a Japanese squadron yesterday, 60 bombs being dropped within the city. The casualties are believed to beheavy. A series of Japanese raids on
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    34 11 Cairo, Mar. 9. UIKMAT SOLIMAN, former Prime Minister of Iraq, and 50 army officers have been arrested and charged! with conspiring to overthrow the Government, according to a telegram from Baghdad.—Reuter.
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    S.C.B.A. NOMINEE FOR THE COMMISSION
    282 12 Mr. Yap Pheng Geek Wins By Majority Of 110 SCHOOLMASTER WHO WENT INTO BANKING BY A MAJORITY of 110 votes, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, secretary of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, has been elected by the Straits Chinese British Association to represent it on the Singapore
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    233 12 At The Cinema "THE SHINING HOUR" AT THE PAVILION "The Shinins Hour" (Joan Crawford. Margaret Sulla van. Robert Voiins and Melvyn Douclas) M.G.M. At the Pavilion. WUH a strong cast Hollywood has! striven to repeat the success of a famous play dealing with the matrimonial tangle or two couples, and
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    186 12 SINGAPORt ADI I I1!l 11OTIX Special Dinner Danct. KAKH-fc* HOTLL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner Dance (Formal) y.43 to Midnight. GARKICR THEATKfc. CJKYLANG Marry 18 Times Orphanage. Double Feature Cantonese Talkies 7.45 p m. GKtA'l WORLD Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: Love. Honor, and Behave.
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    PYTHON IN CANAL.
    22 12 AN lift, python seen swimming Iv. Rochore Canal outside Kandang Kerbau police station was caught by a Tamil youth.
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    PERAK PICTURES IN STRAITS BUDGET
    61 12 THIS week's issue of the Straits Budget, published today, takes > the form of a special. Perak InstaJ- lation Number. It contains full reports of the installation and other interesting ceremonies connected with it. The art paper pictorial supplement of the Budget is entirely de-
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    CAMBRIDGE EXAMS.
    316 12 Over 1,700 Pass The Senior SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS YESTERDAY for 1.395 boys and 314 girls in Malaya proved the happiest day of their lives. They were students in various cchools throughout the country who learned that they had passed their last school examination, the Senior Cambridge. A
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    Cambridge Exams: Further Singapore Results
    771 12 THE following Junior Cambridge passes in Singapore were received too late lor publication in the final edition of the Straits Time.; yesterday BOYS MERCANTILE INSTI TLTION Neo Chens Chv.a, Neo Chay Bee. STANDARD INSTITUTE Chew Chin Cheong, Chua Chor Mien. GIRLS MALAYAN SEMINARY Lee. C.
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    Malay Regiment In Singapore
    62 12 The Malay Regiment, commanded by Lt.-Col. J. T. Bretherton, M.C., has arrived in Singapore from Port Dickson to participate in the combined Services manoeuvres in the middle of the month. Seven hundred men and IS officers are vnder canvas in the grounds of the Chinese High
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    MALAYS & INDIANS FOR THE GARRISON
    241 12 MALA YS INDIANS FOR THE GARRISON Heavy Battery Going To Penang This Month CAPPERS and gunners are the units to be affected under the plan to increase Malay and Indian Military establishments in Malaya, announced by the War Minister, Mr. HoreBelisha, in the House of Commons last night (see PAGE
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    LOCAL-BORN INDIANS
    35 12 TTIIE final instalment of the article by Mr. R. B. Krishnan on the future policy of local-born and domiciled Indians, with special reference to the Singapore Indian Association, is published in Page 15.
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    POLICE CHASE NAKED MALAY CYCLIST
    107 12 OTARK naked, a young Malay was seen cycling along Grove Road this morning at the time when suburban residents were coming to office. A police van which was passing was notified by a European motorist. The van gave chase, but owing to traffic congestion the
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    F.M.S. PIONEER PLANTER DEAD
    233 12 Mr. R. Kindersley Late Of Kajang FIRST RUBBER IN SELANGOR (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 8. A MAN who contributed largely to Malaya's present prosperity; died of pneumonia in London today. He was Mr. R. C. M. ("Ronnie") Kindersley, a pioneer rubber planter. With his
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    AMATEURS GOOD IN CLEVER COMEDY
    132 12 "f«EORGE and Margaret," produced at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, last night by the Repertory Players, is a bright comedy particularly suitable for amateurs and it is splendidly acted by a competent and well-balanced cast. Gerald Savory's very colloquial dialogue is witty and well spiced with
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    INDIAN JUMPS TO HIS DEATH FROM HOTEL WINDOW
    263 13 Wrote Farewell Message With Burned Match-sticks «j K. SWADAS, am committing suicide on my own accord. For that nobody should be blamed." These were the words written with burned matchsticks on the back of an infolded cigarette packet and shown to the
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    CHINESE ON BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE
    65 13 rpEH CHEN'G TEE. a 25-year-old J Chinese, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker In the Singapore Fourth Po'.ice Court yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of $191.61 belonging to a Chinese firm In Robinson Road. The case was postponed
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    WHERE EVERYTHING IS DONE IN MALAY
    166 13 'THERE is one State in Malaya— Kelantan— where Malay is universally used, said Dr. W. Linehan, the Director of Education, during the course of his talk on the Malay language to Singapoie Rotarians yesterday. hi Kelantan, Government correspondence is conducted in Malay; the laws
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    24 13 It is understood the British Government has approved the appointment of the Duke of Alba as Nationalist Ambassador in London, reports Reuter from Burgos.
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    Wedding At The Cathedral
    223 13 Wedding At The Cathedral MR. P. WICHERS MISS B. G. QUITMAN Rilß. PHILIP WICHERS, of Maclaine Watson Co., Ltd., Singapore, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wichers, of Bournemouth. England, was married to Miss Barbara Grace Qultman, daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. A. Quitman, of Blckiey, Kent, England, at
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    24 13 Mr. and Mrs. P. Wichers after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Tha bride was formerly Miss Barbara Grace Qultman.— Straits Times picture.
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    MR. JOHN TRYNER'S WORK FOR MUSIC
    170 13 Praise At Annual Meeting Of Society pONGRATULATlOiN'S were showered upon Mr. John Tryncr, retiring honorary treasurer of the Singapore Musical Society, for his work in placing the society in such a strong financial position, at its general meeting held at the residence of Lady
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    £6,000 SUBSIDY FOR REUTER AGENCY
    100 13 i From Our Own CDrre:p ndent) London, Mar. 8. THE British Government subsidy to Reuter News Agency this year is to be £6.000. This is revealed in the supplementary Civil Estimates Issued as a White Paper. The following explanation of the appropriation is given: "Provision
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    33 13 Mrs. Lee Chcon Guan and Mr. Lee Chim Tuan returned to Singapore i'om Hong Kor.g by the P. and O. liner Ranpura yesterday. The Aurora Department Store's '•Special Offer Week" concludes on Saturday.
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE FOR JOHORE
    101 13 (From Ou- Own Pnrwwwlsat > Johore Balm, Mar. 8. AT the anp.ua; e.;eral meeting or the St. John Ambulance Association held in the Johore International Library tonight it '.as decided to form a Brigade The General Advi:er, Mr. W. E. Pepys. was in the
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    EUROPEAN DISCHARGED
    81 13 FRANK MOSS, a European, aged 41. who appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of committing an act of gross indecency with another person, was discharged by the magistrate after Mr. E. Bunnens, of the Detective Branch, has informed
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    "COMPLETE & UTTER LIAR," SAYS JUDGE TO WITNESS
    251 13 "COMPLETE UTTER LIAR," SAYS JUDGE TO WITNESS Acquittal For Three Men In District Court "T THINK you have been a complete and utter liar from the beginning of the case. Now it is up to the Crown to decide what to do with you." Thus said Mr. L. B. Gibson,
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    JAPANESE IN SINGAPORE
    46 13 THE British Government has now received a full report regarding the treatment of Japanese in Singapore, against whl-h thera has been a complaint from Tokio. A reply to the recent Japanese communication wiil be sent to Tokio in a few days, says Reuter.
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    CHINESE ALLEGED TO HAVE CHEATED SUNDRY SHOPS
    381 13 FURTHER evidence was recorded by Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, at the resumed hearing of a preliminary inquiry into charges of cheating against a 25-year-old Hokkien, Loh Hwee Cheng. Accused was alleged to have cheated three Chinese
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    WILL CASE NEARS END
    141 13 Almost Two Weeks' Hearing AFTER nearly two weeks of nearing evidence in the probate suit of Essoofl Mohamed Sallch Angullia has concluded and final addresses by counsel were begun before Mr. Justice Home In the Singapore High Court yesterday. The action concerned the will of Essooff
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
    90 13 AT the annual general meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association at the offices of the Director of Medical Services, Fullerton Building, Singapore, the following officers were elected tor the year 1939:— President: Dr. R. D. Fitzgerald, Director of Medical Services; Secretary of the Anti-Gas Section:
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    DETECTIVE SERIES FOR B.M.B.C.
    67 13 FROM Mar. CO the 8.M.8.C. stations will broadcast every Monday ar. 7.45 p.m. a series of eplscies cr.U:d "Inspector Hornlei«h Investigates. 1 This series, which proved one of the most popular of 8.8.C. broadcasts, consists of a number of investigations in which the criminal makes a
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    MALAY A VIRILE & FLEXIBLE TONGUE, SAYS DR. LINEHAN
    1353 14 MALAY A VIRILE FLEXIBLE TONGUE, SAYS DR. LINEHAN Director Of Education Speaks On Language Of Peninsula ONE OF GREAT CEMENTING FORCES IN KEEPING A PEOPLE TOGETHER THIO Malay language is a widely-spoken, virile and flexible tongue, readily adaptable, in the course of its future development, to convey precisely even technical
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    Clifford Once Failed In Malay Exam.
    97 14 CIR HUGH CLIFFORD, one oj Vie most noted scholars of the Malay language and writer of some of the finest stories nhout Malays of the Peninsula, was "ploughed" in his first Malay examination as a young cadet in Taiping in 1885. This was revealed
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    184 14 Tiger In Main Street Of Town In Trengganu TIGERS, panthers and rogue elephants are proving troublesome at Kemaman, a small town on the coast of Trengganu, Captain W. Grant MacKie, master of a Straits Steamship vessel running up the East Coast, told a Straits Times reporter. When a tiger sat
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    A.B.M. OPPOSED TO UNIVERSITY
    73 14 THE opinion that the time has not yet arrived for the foundation of a i university in Singapore, held by the; Straits Settlement (Singapore) Asso- j ciation, is supported by the Association of British Malaya in London. At a meeting of the S.S.'S.)A. committee, advice to
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    BIG SINGAPORE GIFT TO CHINA RELIEF
    80 14 A FURTHER sum of $300,000 (Chin- j ese) has been remitted to Chungking by the Singapore China Relief Fund Committee. This was the fourth remittance in February. The i total collection this year is now $1,100,000 (Chinese). Singapore Chinese schools have been asked to
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    GAS MAY NEVER BE USED SAYS ANDERSON
    68 14 London, Mar. 8. OIR John Anderson, Lord Privy Seal, ma speech ln London tonight declared protection against gas and; bombs bad developed to a point which perhaps made It unlikely that gas would ever be used. "We have now turned our attention to
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    16 14 The Rev. Brother Austin Is expected to arrive in Singapore from Europe on i Mar. 24.
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    Dr. Hoops Joins Ross Institute
    68 14 Dr. Hoops Joins Ross Institute DR. A. L. HOOPS, until recently Senior Medical Officer ot the Malacca Agriculture Medical Board, has joined the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene. He left London on Mar. 1 for Sierre Leone, where he will conduct a health inquiry on behalf of the institute and
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    LORD TREDEGAR BACK FROM INDO-CHINA
    56 14 WISCOUNT Tredegar acccmp3n'?d by his Russian fiancee. Princess Olga Do^gorouky, returned irom a trip to Indo-China by K.N.I.L.M. plane yesterday. Viscount Tiedcgar. who ls staying at Raffles Hotel, stated before h>> loft or his trip that he and his financee would be married by the
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    ZOOS MALAYAN BIRD
    65 14 A FEMALE Great lora, a beautiful bird which is a member of a group found in the Malay Peninsula, Siam and Burma, has been acquired by the Regent's Park Zoo, reports the Straits Times London Correspondent. The bird, which is about 6 ln. long, is splendidly arrayed
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    30 14 Dr. W. B. Haines, s. member of the Malacca staff of Dunlop Plantations, Ltd. will arrive ln Singapore, on his return from England in the liner Chitral on Mar. 24.
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    INVESTITURE OF CHIEFS
    284 14 Kuala Kangsar Ceremony 1 LEAVE STATE FOR SEVEN DAYS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kcxngsar, Mar. 8. IMMEDIATELY after seven Rajas and Chiefs had been invested by ihe Sultan of Perak this morning with the dignities of office they sped to all parts of Malaya, except anywhere
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    SIR SHENTON THOMAS SAYS GOODBYE TO PUNJAB REGT.
    231 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Mar. 6. THE High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, accompanied by Lady Thomas, the British Resident, Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex and Mrs. Rex, and Captain R. A. Gwyn, Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency, this morning said farewell to the
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      1423 15 Vigorous Intervention By Mr. S. M. Sharma To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l had thought the present, < when negotiations between the Gov- 1 ernments of India and Malaya are going i on, was an inopportune time to air,; private views on the
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      BEER UNTIL TWO IN THE MORNING
      154 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Dr. J. E. Smith has done a very valuable service by drawing the Government's attention to the practice of coffee-shops selling beer at higher prices without licence. In your issue of Mar. 3 "Pair Play" has also
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      THE PROBLEM OF LOCALBORN INDIANS
      1434 15  -  R. B. KRISHNAN By II "Must Declare Allegiance To Malaya" TO revert to the main theme of my art'c'.e: What should, then the localborn and domiciled Indians do? Should they sever all political ties with India? Should they band themselves together? Should they form a
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      SINGAPORE WOMAN ON PROSTITUTION
      580 15 GOVERNMENT APPLAUDED To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l must not fail to take this opportunity of expressing my joy at the latest Government decision concerning the social evil problem. All right-thinking women ought to unite in waving the Union Jack and join the
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      ATROCITY STORIES
      157 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Much publicity is given to stories of outrages by Japanese soldiers. probably as greatly exaggerated as were (the stories of outrages committed by German soldiers in Belgium. In Lord Riddell's "War Diary," under the date Jan. 17, 1915, the entry
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    STRIKES & OTHER TROUBLES
    171 16 STRIKES OTHER TROUBLES Some Interesting Statistics New Delhi. A PRESS note Issued by the Labour Department, Government of India, states that over 1,550,000 working days were lost in 105 labour disputes involving nearly 134,000 labourers in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1938, as compared with over 1,030,000 working days lost
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    CEYLON TAMILS IN SINGAPORE
    151 16 New Office-Bearers Of Association At the twenty-eighth anr.ual general meeting of the Ceylon Tamils' Association, Singapore held at the association premises No. 11 Handy Read, Singapore, on Mar. 2, the following officebearers were elected for the current year: Mr. M. V. Pillai, Barrister-at-law (president 1. Mr.
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    GLOOM IN CONGRESS NAGAR
    91 16 Volunteer Drowned In The Nerbudda Jubbulpore, Feb 28. WITH less than a week for the inauguration of the All-India Exhibition which is the first of a long series of functions in connection with the Congress session. Vishnu Dutt Nagar is humming with life. Gloom has been
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    PANDIT JAWAHARLAL ON HIS RESIGNATION
    573 16 Differences With Working Committee Colleagues Lucknow, Feb. 28. "THE reasons that impelled me to act as I did differ in many ways from those that moved my colleagues. But apart from reasons I felt an overwhelming desire to be out of the Committee and function
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    Situation In Burma
    114 16 Overseas Association's Discussion New Delhi, Mar. 2. rriHE condition of overseas Indians was given anxious consideration at a meeting of the Working Committee of the Indian Overseas Central Association yesterday when Mr. Satyamurthl presided. A resolution demanding the appointment of a non-official Agent 'n Burma and suggesting
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    PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM GAOL
    50 16 Lahore, Mar. 3. MINE prisoners with 11 rifles and 200 cartridges escaped from the Malerkotla central goal after a pitched battle between the prisoners and the gaol staff, according to a local paper. Mounted police and military platoon have been despatched in search of the prisoners.
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    16 16 A German Journalist, Dr. Klnlefeld, special correspondent of the Frankfurter Volksblatt, has been expelled from Tunis.
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    Mr. H. V. Kamath Appeals To Former Working Committee Members
    870 16 Bombay, Mar. 1. AT this critical juncture in our history I appeal to one and all, especially to our eminent leaders, who had been guiding us during difficult years, not to think what to do in the present circumstances and
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    RECOGNITION OF FRANCO
    162 16 Congress Gable To British Premier Calcutta, Mar. 2. IJEARING that the British Govern- ment is contemplating granting recognition to General Franco, the Indian Congress President, Mr. Subhas Bose, has cabled to the Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, protesting on behalf of the Indian people, against the recognition of
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    20 16 The Hlinka Guard or Slovak Storm Troopers is to request the Government to introduce "one dish Sunday" on Nazi lines.
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    19 16 Another 50,000 acres of American owned sugar lands in the State of Slnaloa, Mexico, have been expropriated by decree.
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    SHE PUT ON 2 1/2 POUNDS OF FLESH
    288 16 SHE PUT ON 2 1/ 2 POUNDS OF FLESH "Feels Wonderfully Better" Nothing Is more worrying than loss of weight. To watch the scales anxiously, hoping against hope for an increase of just one ounce- to take bottles and bottles of fishy-tasting oil and still feel no better to lie
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      194 16 STEADILY GROWING POPULARITY! I The last few years in the history- of the UNITED INDIA have witnessed a spectacular succession of one brilliant achievement after another. Speaking, particularly, of fresh business, new Policies assuring for Rs. 15,400,000 were issued during 1938, as against Rs. 12,300,000 during 1937, and Rs. 9,000,000
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    JAPAN'S SEIZURE OF HAINAN & ITS LESSON TO THE POWERS
    1663 17  - JAPAN'S SEIZURE OF HAINAN ITS LESSON TO THE POWERS YVON DELBOS By Former French Minister Of Foreign Affairs JAPAN'S occupation of the island of Hainan is one of the strokes usual to the totalitarian States. They have succeeded and this encourages them to persevere. The method Is invariably the same.
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    PUBLISHERS WIN B.H.L MATCH THREE-ONE
    277 18 Hatnid Scores Three Goals Against Uniteers XJAMFI», centre-forward, scoring i enabled hiq tide, the M.P.H., t. i riii<-<-r--. tilde in a BosfatM Houmh 'i "1 V jrroiinrl, yckt.»T(l;i.V. LtWl "is aKfun=it t.ti<- lovrs. who led I 0 up to halMiOM and HMB lost th« •.I
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    56 18 Th<- March bosc»-y romp'rtltlon which have been played lost Saturday and Hunday at, the R.8.0.C. has bemi postponed to this Saturday arid Hunday. The times kOSfcoi by eompctltOH for last wirek end have hf-r\ itsaafarNd. The first bi-monthly mlxrd four■OUM eompetitioil of the Koyal Singapore Oolf Club will
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    MALACCA GOLF CLUB
    74 18 'From Our Own Correspondent i Malacca. Mar. 6. Thf Mnlarcn Oolf Club February mixed foursomes tombstone r.ompstltlon played at the end of l.i.st month resulted In a win for Mrs. Bryant and H wiilhiin.-. the runners-up were Mr. and Mrs. P. M. WIUtaUM. The men's monthly modal
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    25 18 S(/t. Maj'.r Da Rui. the French goalkeeper, batches the ball and evades English forwards in the England vs. France match which was won by France.
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    SEREMBAN CRICKET
    140 18 (From Our Own Correspondent. > Serembiin, M;ir. G. Tall MOfta| wax the feature or yestorday's rrckot match at Serembun whon tho Negrt Setnbllan Club beat the Seremban Hillranger3. The Club wore the llrst t;> bat and a first wicket partnership between E. Alexander and A. Kunarotnam was responsible
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    GOVERNORS CUP AT GARRISON G.C.
    32 18 Tlie fr.al ol the (Savernor's Cup competition nlayed over the Garrison Golt Ciub. resulted in Major M H. Davidson beating W. H. McNetll. by 3 and 2.
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    249 18 Home fewer fixtures tor this weekend are as below: FIRST DIVISION Birmingham vs. Wolv ■Outoa vs. Brentford. Charllon vs. Blackpool. Chelsea vs. Orimsby. Leeds vs. Arsenal. Leicester vs. Huddersfteld. Liverpool vs. Portsmouth. Mam-neuter U. v». Aaton Villa. Mlddlesbrouph vs. Evcrtoii. Preston vs. Derby. Stoke
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    Fort Canning Cricket Trial
    234 18 A HEAVY shower of rain near the close of the innings of Major Bird's XI handicapped their bowlers after the tea Interval In the Fort Canning cricket trial yesterday and Captain levers' XI scored a comparatively easy victory by a margin of 77 runs. Scores: MAJOR
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    BANKERS SCORE TEN AGAINST COLD STORAGE
    306 18 |7AST play was seen at the Harb the Hongkong and Shanghai team by 10 goals to one in a B.H.L. The Bank outclassed the Storage's forwards in combination and team work, and their wingers were constant- i ly on the move, waiting for chances
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    ONE-ALL DRAW IN SELETAR SOCCER
    111 18 The R.A.F. reserves and the R.E. reserves drew one-all at Seletar yesterday. In their Reserve Division game of soccer. Heavy rain fell before and during the match and the slippery ground made good soccer Impossible. The' RAF. wing halves. Sterling and Kitchener. played fin- soccpr
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    S.R.C. BEAT POST OFFICE 3—2
    50 18 In a friendly game of soccer played OB the SRC. padang yesterday, the Club defeated the Post Office Sports Club by three goals to two. Leembruggen, G. Valberg and Neu-1 bronner scored for the winners while T. Vellu and Kassim scored for the Post Office.
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    RAFFLES SCORE NINE GOALS
    231 18 Eight Goals By One Player DISPLAYING clever understanding throughout, the Raffles Institution defeated the St. Andrew's School by nine goals to one in a friendly game of soccer played at former's ground yesterday. A feature of the game was the splendid display of Barker, the Raffles
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    BANKA SPORTS CLUB
    68 18 BANK A SPORTS CLUB Team to represent the Banka Sports Club vs. Johore State Prisons on Friday on the J.C.S.A. ground will be selected from the following players: Lee Pale Tong Tan Chin Lye: Boon Soon San, Hee Chit Lim. Joon Boon: Seng Quee. Thian Teck. Ah Bah <Cantain>, Lim
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    55 18 The following J^ve ti °on selected to play cricket for the V.M.C A. against R.E. on Saturday, at 2 p.m Prince Edwnrd RoM r™oundXavier. Wilton, Suratta, R. Lyne, A. X Fro"t. U« Fcii' ';tv K. t «T"« bruggen, Chrisostom. Mohideen. Sybil, Tan Guan Kiat, A. Nathaniels, B. M.
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    MALAYS BEAT CRICKET CLUB THREE-ONE
    403 19 Friendly Soccer On Padang THERE were few exciting incidents the Cricket Club met the Malays home side lost by three goals to one Both teams were below full strength, the Club being without Webster and Stiff In the h?l f line, while Abdul Rahman and
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    Y. M. C. A. WIN WATER POLO
    281 19 THE first and second strings of the V.M.C.A. Juniors scored a convincing victory over the Loyals at water-polo at Gillman Barracks yesterday. They beat the Loyals first team B—2 and the second 5-0. The first team game was largely controlled by the Juniors;
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    44 19 TODAY Soccer: Div. U (A): R.A (B.M/l TO. R.A.O.C. Gillman; Div. II (D): Manchesters Reserves vs. M.F.A. Reserves, Stadium; 8.H.L.: Jacks S.C. vs. St.aits Times Press. S.R.C: Friendly: Lad Footers vs. R.A.F., Furrer Park: Paterson Simons vs. Simc Darby, Farrer Park.
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    34 19 An action study in yesterdays Business Houses Leayue fixture between Vniteers and MJ>.H., shows an M.P.H. defender clearing effectively from. Fennie, Vniteers" centre-fonaard, while Jamal, M.P.H. goalkeeper, looks on in anticipation. Straits Times picture.
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    SOUTH AFRICA'S STRONG POSITION AT DURBAN
    741 19 Seven Wickets In Hand And 407 Runs Ahead I JNLESS there is a sensational turn today, South Africa seem asBond of victory in the final Test Match now being played at Durban. After making 530 in their first innings, South Africa dismissed England for
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    THIS MORNING'S TRACK WORK AT K.L.
    334 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. f). DOOR Bill was impressive this morning when taken out by Lawler during preparation for the Kuala Lumpur Gold Cup meeting, which opens on Saturday. Russian Rose and Golden Plateau, pent well in a work out over
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    Ireland's Soccer Team To Play Wales
    58 19 London. Mar. 9. The Irish soccer team aeainst Wales at Wrrxham on Mar. 15 is: Breen (Manchester Ini(cd). Cook (Kvftun) Bul!cr (Blackpool), Bro 1 v (Mlv iIM M'Mil'cn lies tertteld). Wetr (Clyde), Owfct— (l.p^ds rttkrtf). Mfv is.ii (Kverton). Miilington (Thcsterfleld), Doherty (Manchester fitvt. Brown
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    CHINESE WIN OVER R.A.S.C.
    111 19 Members oi the S.C.R.C. "A" soccer team who had a friendly fixture with the R.A.S.C. at Alexandra Road yesterday, went on .1 wild-goose chase before the same. It was only after half in hour's search in Gillman Barracks that eight members found the ground. One member
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    WOLFE NOEL CUP SQUASH MATCH
    81 19 In the iniernatloral MMah racket match for the Wolfe Noel cu;j. Great Britain beat the United States, the holders by five matches to nil. The British champion, Margot Lumb beat the American champion Anne Pag© 9_l, 9—l, Jl-0. This is Britain's fourth win since the
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT TAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939. No. 162.
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      HONG KONG CHINESE GIRLS LEAD FASHION
      621 1 HONG KONG CHINESE GIRLS LEAD FASHION By A Special Correspondent Wake Up Singapore Damsels "CINGAPORE Chinese girls could learn a lot of chic from their Hong Kong sisters," a friend told me before I set off for a holiday there a short time ago. After a i week spent in
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      You Should Eat Unpolished Rice
      528 1 You Should Eat Unpolished Rice CTATISTICS prove that those who eat polished rice suffer from malnutrition and deficiency diseases, especially beri beri. The necessity of eating unpolished rice has repeatedly been stressed by doctors and nutrition authorities and the Straits Times has been asked to publish information about unpolished rice
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      Spill Those Matches
      80 1 §OMETIMES we find that a simple remedy, together with quite a lot of perseverance effects a more thorough cure than do more elaborate methods. Thus, a friend of mine whose waistline was too large for health or beauty, has brought it to more normal proportions by the
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      599 3  - Blouses Are In Vogue For Evening Wear Georgina And Thea P By Four Limited Income Styles PDWARDIAN fashions have brought blouses back into fashion wj#i a bang, both for day and evening wear. They may be uncompromisingly tailored, or as frilly as a Can Can dancer's petticoat, in fact, you
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        1033 4  -  Diana Dane By- Season Of Prints 1 AST week, if you rememk ber, we talked about some of the colours British designers pronose to use this year as foundations of schemes for day and evening clothes. There are other colours which bring to
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      155 5 .Hid Help to pliniin.itt" all class distinctions. There is no display of wealth and there is no display jf poverty in uniforms." This /as the opinion of Miss Ruth iarvey. Head Mistress of the Mehodist Girls' Srh™\ when asked io comment on hte advantage or disadvantage
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      524 6 An Appeal To Women MY recent letter under the lfl heading "In Maternity Wards" has been read by many of the persons whose case I was trying to assist, but owing to the shyness of Singapore women in such matters, and a natural reluctance
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      397 6 XfANY of us have pieces of valuable old lace of which we would like to make use, so that its beauty is not forever concealed in wrappings of tissue paper. If you icant to turn the lace to personal use, then it may perhaps be
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      192 7 A IMING to swell the China Relief Fund, a band of Kuala Lumpur Chinese women have organised a two-night charity ball to be held in the Federal Capital on Mar. 10 and 11. In the Chinese Assembly Hall two orchestras will function night, and charming dance
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